Bad Hair Day
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Hello, I wanted to tell you about my
experience with a getting a hair transplant from
Dr. Stephen B. Anderson.
Keep in mind that this is only my side of
the story... as Dr. Anderson is a coward and
hides behind his lawyers, he is not enough of a
man to tell his. I do not think he even knows
what the truth is anymore, or just does not
care....
I am not writing to tell you how satisfied
I am obviously. No, people who are happy with a
hair transplant (and some actually are), do not
want to say that they had it done. Likewise, most
people with bad results would prefer not to talk
about it also. I have been trying to
come to grips with what has been done. What gets
me is that it seems like no one really cares
about what this poor excuse for a doctor
continues to do to people. I have contacted
lawyers, medical boards, the BBB. No one wants to
do anything about it, as doctors keep the bad
things they do out of the publics notice as much
as they can. They would hate for a bad apple to
ruin the whole orchard!
When started researching the Internet on
Dr. Anderson, I was both relieved, but also very
saddened to see that I was not alone in being
what I will refer to as a `victim` (not patient)
of this guy.
There are people all over that have had the
same thing done to them. You see, a hair
transplant doctor can do a plain lousy job time
after time. Yet, as long as there is no
infection, there is no law suit. You have to sign
a `no guarantee` release form before they will
operate.
I understand, this is to protect the
doctor. But, too many doctors with no morals such
as Anderson are just plain taking advantage of
this. They do not have to put any effort into
there results. By the time the patient knows they
were taken, they doctor has already been paid.
I read story after story that was all to close to
mine. Why no one will step in and stop this
amazes me. I have tried every resource I can
think of, all I have heard is... "I am sorry to
hear what he did to you."
Let me tell you my story.... I am now
37 years old. I started to lose my hair in my
early twenty`s. In 1996 I went to see Dr. Stephen
B. Anderson http://www.800theface.com
and his Northwest Hair Transplant Center in
Bellevue, Washington. I was very clear when I
told Dr. Anderson, "I want to have my hair look
like someone in there 30`s, not 50 `s... I want
it to cover." He did not say he could cover all my hair
loss, but he said "You will be happy, we can make
you look good." I was quoted by Dr. Anderson `s assistant
that the cost would be around $5000 to
$6000.
I went to Dr. Anderson for four procedures,
including a `scalp reduction`. By the time it was
done, the total was over $10,000. I was told at
that point to wait while the transplanted graphs
came out of their `dormant`stage from the `shock`
and started to grow. It has been over 6 years
now, and at best maybe 10% of his transplants
grew. Doctors have been doing
transplants since the early 1970 `s. The only
problem they had back then, was making the hair
not have the `corn row `or `doll` look to it.
They have come a long way since then,
but the transplanted hair growing was never an
issue. But, for Dr. Anderson it seems to
be.
If I was the only one this had happened
to, I would write it off as my body `rejecting
`the grafts. But, as it happens my friends
brother went to see Dr. Anderson about the same
time as myself. He was told basically
the same lies that I was, that it would cost much
less and have far greater results than either of
us had. The only thing either of us have to show
from his work is very bad scars. When I go out in
public without a hat, I often get asked if I have
had "brain surgery."
So you might ask,
"why have we not gotten are money back?" Well,
Dr. Anderson hides behind his lawyers and his `no
guarantee` release that everyone must sign before
he performs surgery. This allows him to say
"Well, I do the best I can." If I got his best, I would hate to see his
worst! I can only say I am glad for people that
he does not do any life saving surgery...
experience with a getting a hair transplant from
Dr. Stephen B. Anderson.
Keep in mind that this is only my side of
the story... as Dr. Anderson is a coward and
hides behind his lawyers, he is not enough of a
man to tell his. I do not think he even knows
what the truth is anymore, or just does not
care....
I am not writing to tell you how satisfied
I am obviously. No, people who are happy with a
hair transplant (and some actually are), do not
want to say that they had it done. Likewise, most
people with bad results would prefer not to talk
about it also. I have been trying to
come to grips with what has been done. What gets
me is that it seems like no one really cares
about what this poor excuse for a doctor
continues to do to people. I have contacted
lawyers, medical boards, the BBB. No one wants to
do anything about it, as doctors keep the bad
things they do out of the publics notice as much
as they can. They would hate for a bad apple to
ruin the whole orchard!
When started researching the Internet on
Dr. Anderson, I was both relieved, but also very
saddened to see that I was not alone in being
what I will refer to as a `victim` (not patient)
of this guy.
There are people all over that have had the
same thing done to them. You see, a hair
transplant doctor can do a plain lousy job time
after time. Yet, as long as there is no
infection, there is no law suit. You have to sign
a `no guarantee` release form before they will
operate.
I understand, this is to protect the
doctor. But, too many doctors with no morals such
as Anderson are just plain taking advantage of
this. They do not have to put any effort into
there results. By the time the patient knows they
were taken, they doctor has already been paid.
I read story after story that was all to close to
mine. Why no one will step in and stop this
amazes me. I have tried every resource I can
think of, all I have heard is... "I am sorry to
hear what he did to you."
Let me tell you my story.... I am now
37 years old. I started to lose my hair in my
early twenty`s. In 1996 I went to see Dr. Stephen
B. Anderson http://www.800theface.com
and his Northwest Hair Transplant Center in
Bellevue, Washington. I was very clear when I
told Dr. Anderson, "I want to have my hair look
like someone in there 30`s, not 50 `s... I want
it to cover." He did not say he could cover all my hair
loss, but he said "You will be happy, we can make
you look good." I was quoted by Dr. Anderson `s assistant
that the cost would be around $5000 to
$6000.
I went to Dr. Anderson for four procedures,
including a `scalp reduction`. By the time it was
done, the total was over $10,000. I was told at
that point to wait while the transplanted graphs
came out of their `dormant`stage from the `shock`
and started to grow. It has been over 6 years
now, and at best maybe 10% of his transplants
grew. Doctors have been doing
transplants since the early 1970 `s. The only
problem they had back then, was making the hair
not have the `corn row `or `doll` look to it.
They have come a long way since then,
but the transplanted hair growing was never an
issue. But, for Dr. Anderson it seems to
be.
If I was the only one this had happened
to, I would write it off as my body `rejecting
`the grafts. But, as it happens my friends
brother went to see Dr. Anderson about the same
time as myself. He was told basically
the same lies that I was, that it would cost much
less and have far greater results than either of
us had. The only thing either of us have to show
from his work is very bad scars. When I go out in
public without a hat, I often get asked if I have
had "brain surgery."
So you might ask,
"why have we not gotten are money back?" Well,
Dr. Anderson hides behind his lawyers and his `no
guarantee` release that everyone must sign before
he performs surgery. This allows him to say
"Well, I do the best I can." If I got his best, I would hate to see his
worst! I can only say I am glad for people that
he does not do any life saving surgery...